| Dept. in charge of rural development | 36 |
| Dept. in many universities | 26 |
| Dept. in the Cabinet | 20 |
| Dept. of Commerce bureau | 24 |
| Dept. of Commerce chore | 23 |
| Dept. of Defense arm | 20 |
| Dept. of Defense branch | 23 |
| Dept. of Defense program of the 1980s | 37 |
| Dept. of Health and Human Services div. | 39 |
| Dept. of homeland security | 26 |
| Dept. of Homeland Security ad, e.g. | 35 |
| Dept. of Homeland Security branch | 33 |
| Dept. of Homeland Security division | 35 |
| Dept. of Homeland Security org. | 31 |
| Dept. of Justice agency | 23 |
| Dept. of Justice arm | 20 |
| Dept. of Justice bigwigs | 24 |
| Dept. of Justice chiefs | 23 |
| Dept. of Justice division | 25 |
| Dept. of Justice employee | 25 |
| Dept. of Justice heads | 22 |
| Dept. of Justice org. | 21 |
| Dept. of Justice raiders | 24 |
| Dept. of Labor agcy. | 20 |
| Dept. of Labor agcy. since 1971 | 31 |
| Dept. of Labor agency | 21 |
| Dept. of Labor arm | 18 |
| Dept. of Labor branch | 21 |
| Dept. of Labor div. | 19 |
| Dept. of Labor division | 23 |
| Dept. of Labor gp. | 18 |
| Dept. of Labor group | 20 |
| Dept. of Labor grp. | 19 |
| Dept. of Labor org. | 19 |
| Dept. of Labor protection arm | 29 |
| Dept. of Labor unit | 19 |
| Dept. of Labor watchdog | 23 |
| Dept. of the Interior org. that employs forest firefighters | 59 |
| Dept. of the Navy component | 27 |
| Dept. of the Treasury dept. | 27 |
| Dept. of the Treasury div. | 26 |
| Dept. of Transp. branch | 23 |
| Dept. of Transportation agcy. | 29 |
| Dept. of War, now | 17 |
| Dept. of ___, started under L.B.J. | 34 |
| Dept. once headed by Gen. Hershey | 33 |
| Dept. overseer | 14 |
| Dept. phone no. | 15 |
| Dept. responsible for farm subsidies | 36 |
| Dept. store area | 16 |
| Dept. store employe | 19 |
| Dept. store figure | 18 |
| Dept. store goods | 17 |
| Dept. store inventory | 21 |
| Dept. store slip | 16 |
| Dept. store stock | 17 |
| Dept. store stuff | 17 |
| Dept. store VIP | 15 |
| Dept. store VIPs | 16 |
| Dept. store workers: Abbr. | 26 |
| Dept. that might sue over unsafe workplaces | 43 |
| Dept. that oversees Los Alamos | 30 |
| Dept. that oversees Los Alamos National Laboratory | 50 |
| Dept. that oversees the Forest Service | 38 |
| Dept. that sponsors the 4-H club | 32 |
| Dept. VIP | 9 |
| Dept. whose history goes back to Nightingale | 44 |
| Dept. with a plow on its seal | 29 |
| Dept. with a sun on its seal | 28 |
| Dept.-store ad | 14 |
| Dept.-store goods | 17 |
| Dept.-store stock | 17 |
| Depth | 5 |
| Depth bomb, to a gob | 20 |
| Depth charge | 12 |
| Depth charge in slang | 22 |
| Depth charge target | 19 |
| Depth charge target of WWII | 27 |
| Depth charge targets | 20 |
| Depth charge, in slang | 22 |
| Depth charge, slangily | 22 |
| Depth charge, to a gob | 22 |
| Depth charge: Slang | 19 |
| Depth charges | 13 |
| Depth charges, in military slang | 32 |
| Depth charges, in slang | 23 |
| Depth charges, slangily | 23 |
| Depth chart? | 12 |
| Depth checker | 13 |
| Depth finder | 12 |
| Depth finder? | 13 |
| Depth important to farmers | 26 |
| Depth lines | 11 |
| Depth lines? | 12 |
| Depth measures: Abbr. | 21 |
| Depth of despair, e.g. | 22 |
| Depth of feeling | 16 |
| Depth of field determiner | 25 |
| Depth of some fishing holes | 27 |
| Depth or thickness | 18 |